After years of diligently saving, watching markets rise and fall and checking retirement calculators with cautious optimism, many near-retirees now face a real challenge: turning savings into ...

It can be tough to prepare for retirement amid today's economic uncertainty, and even retirees who've planned diligently are feeling the pressure of the current landscape. One major issue is that the ...

Retirement and uncertainty go together about as well as mustard and chocolate. Which is to say, when you have the chance to reduce the variability of your income streams in retirement, it’s worth ...

The growing chorus of those wanting to privatize Social Security should be careful what they wish for. Social Security benefits are the functional equivalent of an inflation-adjusted annuity program ...